- Sweet evening at the park during a house-showing. Old red truck-play-structure; we went for a family drive.”
- Ice-cream cones for kids. Nothing sweeter than a sweetie-pie coated in ice-cream.
- Four flats of fresh, local, organic raspberries. I thought the strawberries were good but these are unbelievable. We finished off one whole flat the first day. Mmm….
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart: Finally finished it. SO good.
- More house-showings.
- Brother and his family coming to visit!
- Good news.
- Good friends.
- Faithful prayers.
- Amazing and miraculous answer to prayer.
- Perseverance.
- Date-night.
- Frozen yogurt and looking out over Lake Oswego.
- Mundane tasks made meaningful because we do them together.
- Husband carrying grocery bags.
- Friend who babysits.
- Day at Detroit Lake with dear Community Group. Dutch and Cody spendingall dayout in the water, floating around splashing like sea turtles.
- Heidi happily napping in the tent.
- SUN. Is there anything like it?
- Boating — my perfect place. Just give me sun, water, and a boat and I’m happy.
- Hot dogs roasted over the fire. Dutch’s sweet innocent question, “Mommy, I thought hot dogs have bad stuff in them?” Yes, babe, we don’t think about that when we’re camping.
- Frozen strawberries.
- A full day of fun from 8am-9:30pm … two very tired, dirty, happy children on the drive home.
- Sleep.
- Picnic at Clackamette park with dear Debra. Dutch, the pirate, happy at seat, an old stump transformed into a ship.
- Spicer Brother’s produce.
- Watching out window while Daddy and kids play Leapfrog Bingo on the deck. Happy shouts and sunlight, slanted evening shadows.
- A dishwasher.
- Leftovers. In my opinion everything tastes better the next day.
- Sewing pirate eye-patches for the kids. They were delirious with joy.
- Day off.
- Cool morning before the sun.
- New Middle-School Pastor! Sweet afternoon with pastors of WCC moving him into his house. So blessed for these wonderful fellow-servants of Jesus!
- 18-lb. box of local organic cherries. WOW! I think there was one day I ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Radio-controlled helicopter at the park: Kids were mesmerized.
- Out of time. Life is full, rich, teeming with gifts. Time to sign-off, happy kids need baths, snuggles, bed. Happy weekend!
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Arrrgh, (spell check for pirate slang unavailable:)!
Pirates, picnics, parks and peeps you REALLY love.
Arrgh, shiver me timbers! Will there be a family photo of the Patterson Pirates….mmmmm?
As usual, thanks for sharing your FAR from mundane life with us.
Arrgh, good-day Matie! Yes, last week’s end with thanks had a pic of our pirate family altogether…we may need to make that our Christmas card. 🙂 Love you friend!